Daily Republican., 1887-05-26
Mrs Hopper T rios II Again.

10 well-kGown merchant of this city
and his wife Cora have been living \
tse boarding house No. Ala Lexington
sven ae for four months. Mr.. Hopps
ts very much younger than Mrs. Hop
per, and their relations are said to hav'
0aen somewhat strained for some time
Yesterday Mr.. Hopper did not go home
and Mrs. Hopper was very indignant.
In the afternoon Annie, o sistcr oi
Mis-. Hopper, went to the house. She
wss suffering from paralysis. Mrs
Hopper provided bed for her sister,
who seon went to sleep. About five
O'Clock Annie awoke. She found Mrs.
Hopper lying beside her apparently
.nsebsible. With . shrek Annie fell
blck unconscious.
| Tho shrek summoned some Of the
| Icther boarders, who rushed into the
room. Mrs, Hopper was unoonscio al
aud was breathing heavily. at h-i
eide lay chloroiorm bottle Gnd q
towel soaked in the drug. A note WEI
pinned to MIRA. Hopper's dress. 1t read
Sand for Rols at once"
TGe greatest confusion prevailed, and
no one seemed 10 know what to do
Finally the lsudlady, an extrsmely
nat.er ot-fact person, went inso the room
and, casting glance st Mrs Hopper
laimed In q loud voice: "Oh, let bel
die this time IL she wants to-"
Mrs. Hopper groaned aloud at thi!
remark, and the other persons In thu
room Indignantly reb1ked the lnndlady
| a the excitement rome one had called
Policeman Quintard, of the Grand Cen
sral Station. He at once sent for ar
nm bu lance, and DR.. Small. Of 1853 Eas
| Thirty. ninth street, came with is. Tn,
presence OF the am mbulance, surgeon an(
tto policeman caused the creates
aa-m, and crowds of neighbors gath
iereI.
| notwithstanding the fuss and confu
sion, De. Small soop revived Mira. Hop
per. She admitted that she had taksr
she chior0form. 1t did not take loni
for her to fully recover, and she wa
promptly arrested for having ate m pte(
suicide. At tho station she was dis
chsrged, "a the lsudlsdy refused to max,
q complaint against her.
Meanwhile Annie, Mrs. Hopper's sis
ter. was taken to the hospital In q dy
Ing condition, caused by lhe shock sh
rfcoived when she saw her slater, a
|aSe thought, dead.
/ This ia said to be the tkird time Mrs
Hopesr has apparently triei TO xii
hafseif duei;l,. her four month"; ssay a
Iths boarding house. About tire
months sso, after n quarrel with he
Husband. hhs WAS fouud unconscious OF
she hitchoD floor from having, II Ia al
legged, taken ohloroiorm. Dr.. Billings
who lives next door, brought her to il
,qulck order by means OF q ealyani
battery. A month later she was fount
groaoin2 In bed, similarly affected, ans
was brought around by her lsndlady'
hesrtiees remarks as Gu the present oc
css,on.
Tois morning Mrs. Hopper was po
l!tely requested to loave the boarding
house, which she did in q msjesti,
manner, saying as abs went:
You will never See me again"
Oae OF the boarders begged her to d.
notb:rg rash, but she declined to max
any promise.
Mr. Hopper went to the boarding
house today after his wife had gone
He didn't seem very unhappy.
4 A Brutal Father.
Samuel Lear, middls-sged man, liy
ing at Thirty sixth and Aspen s,reeti
, Phi adeiphia. was arraigned befor
Msf issrate Clark Wednesday, charge o
with upusual cruelty to his two mother
less child en-, Samuel, aged IL year;
aul Lizzie, AGED Z. Agent Watson, q
t0e Society TO Protect Children iroI
Cruelty. was the prosecutor Accord
Ing to his evidence. Lear's wife died fiv
! years eaO. For three years AFTER he be
came widower he had be usekeepe
whom he called his wits. A year aS
she deserted him on account OF his Ill
Treatment. Lear mas since been ,ivinl
alone with his little son and daughter
who ran the stres.s al day and were tc
italy neglected On his return frou
work each evening Lear would bent tn
fchtldrea in q brutal and heartless mar
liner
1t was bis cnstom to chain the boy
slegs together and beat him with n co "
hide. On OF u occasion he Hoped a rop
iarouad the boys neck and fastened th
lorhtr end around hi4 mauscied ankle,
Last Friday the 2-year-cld daughtt
tcrawled under table to epcapa panist
meaE Eer father seized her by th
ankles and bump d ner head sewers
lines aeainet the floor, folio wing it u
vita o severe cowhiding. The child
ank 9 was SO badly sprained that sh
has not siaos been eble to walk.
Tho ohiidren's sereams were hear
rendine, aud finally led the nsighboI
TO Gem ain to the children's society
When Agent Watson visi'ed Lear
house he found the girl suffering froI
fever, brop9hJ on by her fathers bTt
ltbiits. Hsr bed was bundle of rag
. on The Il sor and she had raosiyed n
medical attendance. The room wa
fthv and was filled with g horribl
t,enoh. Magistrate Clark eommitte
Lear to prison in default of $40 fine an
commit, cd the little unfortunates to tn
ierder care of tho Society to ?rotet
Children from Cruelty.